Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-12-07
R1472/2019-3
Contested design: 002057620-0006
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's fees and costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the design holder to bear the fees and costs incurred by the invalidity applicant.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
WIDMANN S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Viale dell'Industria 3/C, 20020 Busto Garolfo (MI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Worldwide Dynasty Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
20630 Superior Street, Chatsworth California 91311, United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
glasses with moustache pendant
randommization.com / trashed-ideas.net 'Black Handlebar Mustache Sunglasses' · randommization.com and trashed-ideas.net · disclosed 2011-09-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that the relevant Internet evidence was unreliable or qualified as its own grace-period disclosure, and that the costume-mask design differed from the cited fashion accessory products.
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that prior design D1 was clearly published online before the priority date and that the contested RCD reproduced its essential arbitrary features.
- ›The Board started from D1 rather than D7 because D1 showed the chain clearly, rejected the Article 7(2) self-disclosure argument, and accepted the Internet printouts as sufficient proof of disclosure.
- ›Comparing the frontal features, the Board found the same overall impression and dismissed the appeal, leaving the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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